Kansas Prog Blog Can't Keep Journalists

This note is worth a peek if only because it shows that some blogs are garnering MILLIONS OF BUCKS for disseminating "news" that mostly favors progressive and even then it's still tough to hang on to staffers for a gig that's more activism than reporting . . . Check-it:

"At Nieman Lab, we spend a lot of time trying to understand what is required for the financial sustainability of these newsrooms. But the pattern of turnover at the Wichita Beacon raises a sad, and important, question: No matter how much funding you have, can you revitalize local news if you can’t retain reporters?"

Read more via www.TonysKansasCity.com link . . .

Why does the Wichita Beacon keep losing reporters?

The Kansas City Beacon seemed to be a nonprofit news success story. So what's going wrong in Wichita?

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